Improved wkingeb fob clothes and mops



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' Letters Patent No. 62,843, laterz Mmh 12, 1867.l

vinmov'rn WRINGER' For ciernes AND More. i

i. .Flic ihrtnltnfntrt tu in llgis'e @lettres nieni mit mating niet nf ilgrsumn' `Be it known-'that I, LEWIsHANNUM, of Certlend, in --thecounty of Cortland, und State oi' New York,.havt invented certain'new and useful improvements in Machines for Expressing Water from Mops, and from Horse Blankets and Clothes, juicefrom fruit,'ztnd analogous. uses;l endl do 'hereby dechire thu-t thc foll'owingis zt fnll and exact description thereof. l v

I My machine expresses the moisture by passing 'the material between rollers 'in the manner now much ,'apl'lroved. Therollers may beofruhberfor thy-'other desired vxrwf'terztl. My invention relates to the Ineens of upporting the rollers lfind oi' increasing-endy diminishing the distance of the rollers nperi, cn lt o the` scverztl attachments related thereto.

I will'irst describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will afterwards desigi nate the points which I believe to'benew. -The accompanying drawings form o part of this specilca-tion.

Figurelis a plain View; 'and Figure '2 is a vertical section on the `line S S of iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicatelike' parts in'bothligures. T ints are employed merely to aid in (listinguishing piti-ts alnd do not indicote material. The material of most 'of the parts may be herd w'ood.

AA is the xed fruin'ework; *B'is' n roll, supported in bearings therein, 'which muy be either x'ed or movable.' The drawings represent the bearings as fixed, sind 'the roll being simply zillowcd to turn on its bearings without other motion. -C is n corresponding roll," mounted in the long slotsl a, in thejframework A, -so us'to be alwnys'maintuined :it thesame level, andto allow its distance from the roll B' to be-increased und diminished. DD are links vforming; onehaTi'of wtog'gl'eljoiut, the other heli' being iorined'by the arms Ewhich are xed on tlie'sbdft E, und are controlled in position by the position of theI hitndlever El` lwhich latter is mounted outside of the framing A. `.The connections between the 'links D and the nrms E, are formed'.

bythe pins d, as will be readily understpod from the drawings. The lever El may be raised :rnd lowered byvhztnd nt will. yThe raising of this arm lcauses thle;rolle r C to he -drown away from. the' roller B, and the lowering (if this nrm causes the rolls tobepressed toward eacll'other Vwith a, force which becomes very great, when the links D and arms E are in a nearly horizontal position' lttccordingto -well-known -lnwsl G is afootlever, turning on the pivot g. It is suspended to the lever :El by means of the link GH The force of the foot may bc applied to the lover G either alonel or in connection with the tction of the lmnd on the lever E.' My inve'ftioniellows n great rango, of adjustment-for the distances-oi' the vrolls apart, and nllowsthc chungo to bc `ctected more ratpidly'and with greater ease then on ordinary machines of this character, :ind allows the pressure 'to be 'increased 'to zt very great degree when desired. 'D is a. board orl plank, which forms` :trigid connection ietween the links D, and by standing close to the roll C, forms'u convenienti-taille on which to support any 'article which'lms been delivered upward through th'e rolls B C, or which it is desired. to passdownwnrd through said rolls. It will be observed that by turning the crnnli M in one direction or thebthierith-e rolls BACnmy bero'tnted so as to move thel material which is being treated either vupward or downward, as 'nitty be preferred, or to poss thevsmnc nmteriel backwnrds and fdrwurds Several times, increasing or diminishingthe-pressure thereon, as required. In wringing. clothes with this-machine the tub muy be plnceddirectly under and within thefrniework A, which is' made open at euch end to allow the ready introduction und ren'iovnl of tubs or analogous vessels; und the clothes on being drown up between the i'olls :tre ullowerlto accumulate on the'bonrd 'Dl until the whole of the garment or until two or morcgz-trments have been thus wrong, when theymny then be removed b'y hand or'otherwis'c, nud .the board D left empty to receive nnother installment. Inv dyeing establishments and the like, where the yarns or other goods muy be required totbe compressed with great force, dr whereeny considerable qmtntity of goods are to be treated, thoroi'ls-B may be drivenl hy'belting or gearing fronrztny convenient power. Whether operated by power or by hand the rolls B und C maybe geared together et one 'or both ends, either directly or by' circuitous train of gearing; which will aillow the rolls to separate widely without loosing their holdupon euch other. In wringing mops and other analogous articlesy which cnnn'ot usually be passed entirely through, the soft partsmey be drnwnvdown through the rolls from above or introduced 'upward from below, and returned by reversing thc lnotion'of the rolls, gmduuti'ng the pressure as rapidly und :is :iccurately as may be desired, while the work is proceeding. I can, by ineens ot' my invention, hold the.rolls et al considerable distance apart to-allow nnyartcle, as the hea-d of n. mop or brush, to be introduced without pressure'4 tlironghthe spade between the rollen-and then can immediately, by lowering the lever E,.cause the rolls to bito on any attached parts so'as fully-to express the moisture from the soft portions.A

In using my machine for wringing ordinary clotlresit may, if preferred, he red against oron the side'of the tub so that Vthe rolls shall be one above the'otl'ier, bysimply turning up the machine 4upon one end, either with or without an alteration inthe position of the legs of the machine. My machine nxay, it is obvious, be provided'jvith any of the approved means for clampingl or otherwise securing tol a tub, and the operati-ng levers may by changing their positions upon the shafts be still operated horizontally after' the machine has been'fturned up on' its end. I do not elaim anything set forth inthe patent Yissued to J. H. Steadman, September 10, 1861.

Having new fully described my inventon`,rwhat I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters APatent, is as follows: l

t l. I claim the rolls B C, and links D, arranged'relatively to the arms` E, on the shaft E, which latter ie adapted for being'partially rotated at will, all substantially in the nianner'and for the purpose/herein set forth.' 2. `l: claim, in connection with the above, the hand-lever E,footleve'x G, and connection Garrangefl substantially as :tml fol-the purpose herein specified.

I claim the board Dl, carried on the links D, :ind arranged to serve relatively thereto, and to the rolls B C, whichnre opened and .closed thereby, substantially as and for the puiposeherein specifiech LEWIS, HANN'UM.

Witnesses:

F. O. HYATL. G. H. McCAUsnY. 

